Patrick Baudisch

Patrick Baudisch is a Professor of Computer Science at the Hasso Plattner Institute, where he heads the Human Computer Interaction area and chairs the HCI Lab.S02S04 His current research focuses on personal and interactive fabrication, haptics, and physical virtual reality. The lab explores the connection between computer science and mechanical engineering through interactive devices, fabrication machines, and haptic machinery.S03S05 Earlier work covered mobile devices, touch input, and natural user interfaces; he previously worked as a research scientist at Microsoft Research and Xerox PARC.S02

• Current | Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) | Professor of Computer Science; Head of Human Computer Interaction and Chair of the HCI Lab
  • Research on interactive devices and systems, haptics, physical VR, personal fabrication, and the connection between computer science and mechanical engineering.S04
• 2002–2009·Microsoft Research, Adaptive Systems and Interaction Research Group·Research ScientistS02S06
• 2000–2002·Xerox PARC·Research ScientistS02S06
• 1994–2000·GMD-IPSI (Fraunhofer, Darmstadt)·Research ScientistS06

• 2001·Darmstadt University of Technology·Ph.D. in Computer Science
  • Dissertation: Dynamic Information Filtering.S02S06
• 1994·Darmstadt University of Technology·Diplom in Computer Science (approximately an M.S., with honors)S06

• Representative projects include Nenya (a magnetically tracked finger ring), Touch Projector (mobile interaction through video), and Disappearing Mobile Devices; the project page supplies the corresponding project and conference context.S11
• 2013: inducted into the ACM CHI Academy; 2014: named an ACM Distinguished Scientist.S02S06
• Since 2019: chair of the SIGCHI Research and Practice Awards subcommittee.S02

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